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Is X between 0 and 1 ?

(1) x^2 is less than x(2) x^3 is positive

I am curious how to rephrase Statement 1 using inequalities. I rewrote it as \(x^2 - x < 0\) , which then gives me \(x(x-1) < 0\). If x < 0 and x < 1 then \(0>x<1\). Wouldnt this statement be insufficient? or am i writing that dual inequality incorrectly?

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I am curious how to rephrase Statement 1 using inequalities. I rewrote it as \(x^2 - x < 0\) , which then gives me \(x(x-1) < 0\). If x < 0 and x < 1 then \(0>x<1\). Wouldnt this statement be insufficient? or am i writing that dual inequality incorrectly?

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04 Nov 2010, 19:02

Hmm i think i am more confused after reading that the first time through....

I think i am missing the reason why the inequality sign for \(x < 0\) should actually be\(x > 0\). I determined x\(< 1\) because i set the inequality of \(x - 1 < 0\) and after subtracting from both sides give me \(x < 1\) . What is different about \(x < 0\) becoming \(x > 0\) ?

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Hmm i think i am more confused after reading that the first time through....

I think i am missing the reason why the inequality sign for \(x < 0\) should actually be\(x > 0\). I determined x\(< 1\) because i set the inequality of \(x - 1 < 0\) and after subtracting from both sides give me \(x < 1\) . What is different about \(x < 0\) becoming \(x > 0\) ?

x(x - 1) < 0 is not the same as x <0 and (x - 1)< 0

When I multiply two terms, the result is negative if and only if one of them is negative and the other is positive. When I multiply x with (x - 1), the result x(x - 1) will be negative (less than 0) in two cases:

Case I: x < 0 (x is negative) but (x - 1) > 0 (x - 1 is positive) (x - 1) > 0 implies x > 1But this is not possible. x cannot be less than 0 and greater than 1 at the same time.

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I am curious how to rephrase Statement 1 using inequalities. I rewrote it as \(x^2 - x < 0\) , which then gives me \(x(x-1) < 0\). If x < 0 and x < 1 then \(0>x<1\). Wouldnt this statement be insufficient? or am i writing that dual inequality incorrectly?

Is x between 0 and 1?

Is \(0<x<1\)?

(1) x^2 is less than x --> \(x^2<x\) --> \(x(x-1)<0\):

Multiples must have opposite signs:\(x<0\) and \(x-1>0\), or \(x>1\) --> no solution (\(x\) can not be simultaneously less than zero and more than 1);\(x>0\) and \(x-1<0\), or \(x<1\) --> \(0<x<1\);

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07 Jun 2012, 17:44

I have a question is this. Why have we considered both the options.

x(x-1)<0:

Multiples must have opposite signs:1. x<0 and x-1>0, or x>1 --> no solution (x can not be simultaneously less than zero and more than 1);2. x>0 and x-1<0, or x<1 --> 0<x<1;

In the link to the post when we find the roots of the quadratic equation and if we know the sign is "<" we can directly right the roots as "root 1" < x < "root 2". The same way in this case also there are 2 roots 0 and 1 so we can directly write it this way. 0<x<1. Why do we have to consider case 1 also.

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Multiples must have opposite signs:1. x<0 and x-1>0, or x>1 --> no solution (x can not be simultaneously less than zero and more than 1);2. x>0 and x-1<0, or x<1 --> 0<x<1;

In the link to the post when we find the roots of the quadratic equation and if we know the sign is "<" we can directly right the roots as "root 1" < x < "root 2". The same way in this case also there are 2 roots 0 and 1 so we can directly write it this way. 0<x<1. Why do we have to consider case 1 also.

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01 Mar 2013, 04:07

irfankool wrote:

Is X between 0 and 1?1. x^2 is less than x.2. x^3 is positive

From F.S 1, we have \(x^2<x\)

or \(x*(x-1)<0\) . This is possible only if they have different signs. Thus, either x<0 AND (x-1)>0[ This is not possible as x can't be more than 1 and yet be negative] or x>0 AND (x-1)<0. This gives us that 0<x<1. Sufficient.

From F.S 2, we know that \(x^3\) >0. Thus, cancelling out x^2 from both sides, we have x>0. Insufficient.

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Why can x be only positive in this case since it can be negative and squared? It is not implied in"0 < x <1" that x must be a positive number? The question asks whether x is between 0 and 1, in case 1 x can be -1 and still satisfy the equation...

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Hi, when I first tackled this problem, I took the square root of both sides so that gave me the equation of x < sqrt(x).

Is it wrong to approach it this way? I now understand this is a positives and negatives problem based on the solutions above...

Even if you take x < sqrt(x), you know that :

1) x has to be positive because sqrt of -ve number is always imaginary.2) for x to be less than its square root , it has to be less than 1 and greater than 0. because any number greater than 1 would have its square root less than itself.

Thus, your approach is also fine.
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